Shuangfeng dialect

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The Shuangfeng dialect (Template:Zh) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province, China.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of the Shuangfeng dialect
  bilabial alveolar alveolo-palatal retroflex velar
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voiceless unaspirated Template:IPA link Template:IPA link     Template:IPA link
voiceless aspirated Template:IPA link Template:IPA link     Template:IPA link
fricatives voiced         Template:IPA link
voiceless   Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
affricates voiced   Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
voiceless unaspirated   Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
voiceless aspirated   Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link  
lateral approximants   Template:IPA link      

Vowels

Vowels/Combinations of the Shuangfeng dialect
Oral Nasal
Medial coda a e i u n ŋ i
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Tones

Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones are counted as five:

Tone chart of the Shuangfeng dialect
Tone number Tone name Tone contour Description
1 yin ping (陰平) Script error: No such module "IPA". (55) high
2 yang ping (陽平) Script error: No such module "IPA". (23) low rising
3 shang sheng (上聲) Script error: No such module "IPA". (21) low
4 yin qu (陰去) Script error: No such module "IPA". (35) high rising
5 yang qu (陽去) Script error: No such module "IPA". (33) mid

See also

References

  • Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) Hànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
  • Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
  • Norman, Jerry. [1988] (2002). Chinese. Cambridge, England: CUP Template:ISBN
  • Wu, Yunji. (2005). A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Template:ISBN
  • Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)

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